Jessa

Jessa is a PhD student at Colorado State University. She received both her Bachelors and Masters degree in Forestry from the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines. Jessa’s current study is on the development of molecular markers for conifer needle pathogens in Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain Region. Her research also involves molecular characterization, taxonomy and phylogeny of Lophodermella species, pathogens causing needle cast and blight, as well as other species within Rhystimataceae family.